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First Minister Carbon Capture & Storage Announcement – FoES Comment

Responding to the First Minister’s statement on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) this morning, Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Chief Executive Duncan McLaren said: “The First Minister has today taken…

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Statement on Miliband’s coal announcement

Responding to Ed Miliband’s statement to Parliament this morning, Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Chief Executive Duncan McLaren said: “Coal is the most polluting fuel, and by ruling out completely…

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Budget 2009 – FoES comment

Commenting on Alistair Darling’s budget announcement, Duncan McLaren, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland said: “There were some green shoots in this budget, but they were few and far…

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Trump to receive ‘Stupid’ gong at climate awards ceremony

A part glitzy, part tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony will be held tonight at Edinburgh Filmhouse cinema in recognition of the contributions of various Scottish individuals and organisations to the fight against…

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Climate saints and sinners named at the Not Stupid awards

A glitzy awards ceremony will be held this Saturday (21 March 2009) at Edinburgh Filmhouse to recognise the contributions of various Scottish individuals and organisations to the fight against climate…

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Briefing: Responding to Recession – a Green Stimulus?

Tomorrow (Wed 18th March) John Swinney is expected to outline the Scottish Government’s plans for economic stimulus – including green measures – at the National Economic Forum. Friends of the…

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Life size fruit and veg return unwanted packaging to supermarkets

At a time when we’re all feeling the effects of the credit crunch, local Friends of the Earth Scotland volunteers and shoppers, fed-up with excess packaging, are to target stores…

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Penguins march on Holyrood

A colony of penguins accompanied by their friends will today march to Parliament to meet with Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change. They will be joined on…

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Penguins move Antarctic to Holyrood to save humans

Holyrood will today be visited by a group of penguins who have brought a chunk of their dwindling habitat with them in a bid to save the humans from climate…

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